Empowered Jewish Living with Rabbi Shlomo Buxbaum Gedale Fenster: Elul, The Path to Purity, Recovery, and Living Consciously [Repost]
Sep 14, 2025
Gedale Fenster is a Miami-based entrepreneur and motivational speaker, known for empowering individuals through personal development. He shares his journey of recovery and spiritual growth, influenced by Rabbi Nachman's teachings. Gedale highlights the link between sexual purity and life transformation, addressing how addiction damages self-esteem. He emphasizes the importance of daily spiritual practices like hitbodedut for awareness and growth. Gedale encourages listeners to prepare for the High Holidays through gratitude and purification, advocating for self-love to initiate positive life changes.
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From Despair To Turning Point
- Gedale Fenster found Rabbi Nachman's Advice at age 21 and that reading transformed his life and business trajectory.
- His early recovery from gambling and turn to teachings began his public-speaking and coaching career.
Sexual Impurity Harms Motivation
- Gedale links sexual impurity with wide-ranging harm including poverty, low self-esteem, and loss of motivation.
- He notes modern science (dopamine) now validates how compulsive sexual behavior undermines drive.
Face Feelings To Heal Addictions
- Feel your pain and speak about it; emotional awareness precedes healing.
- Address root causes like faith, trust, and self-worth instead of only changing surface behaviors.
